Contour Park

Daniel Niens

This site
is dominated by two bridges that cross over it. The bridges act like
devices to measure the islands uneven features: the horizontality
emphasises the undefined landscape that passes underneath them. By
drawing incrementally section cuts from bridge to bridges, the
subtlety of ground changes can be recorded and modified.

A
slight adjustment of the topography could turn a desolate space
between the bridges into a someplace,
a useable connection, activated into a looping articulated path, with
an intentional relationship with the bridges. New activities can be
programmed into the looping path according to speed and type of
movement, i.e., bikers, skaters, and also for pedestrians. The new
park also incorporates landscaping and seating into its contours.